Suing DeSantis: A call for action

Carlos G. Smith filed a lawsuit to compel the state to report COVID-19 data in the summer of 2021 — just as the Delta wave brought the highest case, hospitalization and deaths rates in the nation to Florida.

More than two years later, the state lost that lawsuit, with the judge issuing an order for the state to reimburse legal fees (upwards of $125,000)…